Flat-faced dogs such as the French bulldog have brachycephalic skulls. Their muzzles are substantially shortened. This alters their internal anatomy. This, in turn, makes it harder...
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Bucking bronco machine kills beautiful 26-year-old woman
A beautiful bride-to-be, 26-year-old Jessica Lally, died of a heart attack after she fell from a mechanical bull, a ‘bucking bronco’ at a Sheffield bar. This...
Continue reading...RSPCA ‘funny call-outs’
As you might expect, the RSPCA do, from time to time, receive some funny call-outs. They are funny but at the same time they take away...
Continue reading...Sweetest Shih Tzu was so badly neglected he no longer resembled a dog and smelt of rotten flesh
NEWS AND COMMENT-SINGAPORE: This is an extraordinary story of animal neglect. The owners of this elderly Shih Tzu calmly walked into an animal rescue in Singapore,...
Continue reading...Black Labrador retriever found in debris of Seattle home almost a week after it was destroyed in a landslide
Didi Fritts and her husband James were in the kitchen of their home when they heard a loud roar. They had two dogs: Sammy, a black...
Continue reading...Army veteran almost killed by cows blames her dog on a lead
A female army veteran, Janicke Tvedt, believed that she was going to die after she was trampled by cows while walking her dog in Yorkshire. Although...
Continue reading...Gucci lambasted for using real tigers as props in an advertising campaign
NEWS AND COMMENT: It looks as if Gucci has tripped up big-time. The company has a new range of clothes, accessories and shoes named after the...
Continue reading...Chicken runs down long drive to warmly greet school girl as she gets off school bus
I am impressed with this chicken. I am also impressed with the relationship between the chicken and the schoolgirl. The way I read this charming video...
Continue reading...Many dogs in Yorkshire are falling ill with diarrhoea and vomiting and they don’t know why
A mystery illness is affecting dogs living in Yorkshire, UK. There was and perhaps still is a belief that dogs are getting the illness when walking...
Continue reading...Xenotransplantation in action: a gene-edited pig’s heart transplanted into a 57-year-old man
Perhaps you have read about this. It is history in the making. I’m not sure how good it is, though. Recently in the United States, the...
Continue reading...Viral video of sea otter’s temperature being taken courts controversy
This is a cute viral animal video on Twitter. It’s been converted to a .gif on the imgur.com website. It’s done the rounds on the Internet...
Continue reading...Dog goes shopping for fruit and vegetables and behaves like a human
What can I say? It made me smile and even laugh. It looks like this is in Asia somewhere, perhaps Vietnam. The dog has been trained...
Continue reading...Trophy hunting threatens big game gene pool
NEWS AND COMMENT: It has been decided, late in the day, that trophy hunting on the African continent is threatening the gene pool of these iconic...
Continue reading...Amazing: Russian sable carries plush toy to the top of a bookcase
I am full of admiration for this Russian sable who decided to carry his plush toy to the top of a bookcase. The method was methodical...
Continue reading...Mediaeval horses were small by today’s standards
Mediaeval horses were small by today’s standards partly because people were considerably smaller. They were no bigger than modern-day ponies. Researchers from a number of British...
Continue reading...“Non-traditional companion animal” should replace “exotic pet”
This is about the use of words and particularly the description of a certain group of animals; in this case, companion animals which are non-traditional and...
Continue reading...How dogs see things compared to parrots
On PoC I have some carefully prepared and useful images which shows us, in my opinion, how cats see the world compared to humans. You might...
Continue reading...Bronx fire: moment of anguish when woman drops her dog in smoke-filled stairwell
NEWS AND COMMENT-THE BRONX, NEW YORK, USA: You might have read about the horrendous West Bronx fire in which at least 19 people lost their lives...
Continue reading...Sophisticated two-tier rat trap baited with peanut butter Oreos is the best in NYC
NEWS AND COMMENT-NEW YORK CITY, USA: Ekomille traps have won praise from the new mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, who declared them “amazing”. He...
Continue reading...Manufacturers turn vegan food into junk food
As is so typical of commercialism and capitalism, in this instance the manufacturers of vegan food have managed to make it unhealthy, perhaps even more unhealthy...
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